The Temple of Bacchus

THis Temple of Bacchus is very ancient, and also whole inough, and also for worke, fayrenesse of stones, Plaister, both in the Panement and in walles, also in the Tribunes or round toofes in the middle, and in the roofe of the round walke, made altogether after the order of Composita: the whole Diameter within from Wall to Wall, is 100. Palmes long, whereof the middlemost body set about with Pillars, containeth 50. Palmes: in the intercolumnes I find great difference to liken yᵉ one to the other, because that the middle most intercolumnes or spaces betwéene the Columnes where you come in, and out of the Portall are 9. Palmes and 30. minutes; and the other right ouer against them are but 9. Palmes and 9. minutes: those that are ouer against the greatest Chappelare 8. Palmes and 31. minutes, and the other foure Columnes resting hold 7. Palmes 8. minutes, and some 7. Palmes 12. minutes. The widenesse of the entry within and of the foure cornerd Chappell ouer against it, follow the intercolumnes, and so doeth the widinesse of the two great places or round Chappels their intercolumnes. The other places or Chappels are 7. Palmes and 5. minutes broad. The measure of the Portall before, may be taken by the measure of the Temple, which Portall is round Re•sed: without before the Portall, there walking place made in forme of an Egge, which was 588. Palmes leng, and in the middle it was 140. Palmes broad; and as it appeareth by the decayed monuments, it was sull of Pillars, as it may be séene in the Figure.

H Here before I shewed the ground of the Temple with the measure thereof, now in this Figure I will shew the Ortographie thereof within, for without it is wholy defaced; the height from the Pauement to the vppermost part of the roofe is 86. Palmes, the thicknesse of the Columnes is two Palmes and 14. minutes; the height of them is 22. Palmes and 11. minutes. The height of the Base is one Palme and 7. minutes. The height of the Capitall is 2. Palmes and a quarter. The height of the Architraue is one Palme and a quarter, so much also the Fréese holdeth. But the height of the Cornices are two Palmes and a halfe. The particular members, as of the Bases, Cornices and Capitals, you sée here vnder proportioned, according to their greatnesse, and marked in their seuerall places. This Temple standeth without Rome, and is dedicated to S. Annc.

THE Ichnographie hereunder placed is the aforesayd walking place before the Temple of Bacchus, with a lodge round about it, as you may perceiue by some very ruinous places thereof, and all about betwéene each intercolumne there was a place or seat beautified with small Pillars, where it is thought a certains Idoll stond, (and as it is sayd) this walking place was made Quale wife, yet very long as of 588. Palmes and 140. Palmes broad.

The Temple of Bacchus (as I sayd) is full of many Ornaments, and of diuers Compartements, whereof I haue shewed some part, but not all. The thrée inuentions hereunder placed are in the same Temple, some of faire stone and the other of Pilaister.